7th Gemini Awards explained
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 7th Gemini Awards were held in March 1993 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television.
Best Dramatic Series
- E.N.G. - Atlantis Communications. Producers: Jennifer Black, Jeff King, Robert Lantos, R.B. Carney
- Neon Rider - (Virtue/Rekert Productions, Atlantis Films. Producers: Justis Greene, Danny Virtue, Winston Rekert, Michael MacMillan
- Road to Avonlea - Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan
- Street Legal - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Nicholas Rose, Duncan Lamb, Brenda Greenberg
Best Short Dramatic Program
"Regina v. Stewart" - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: George Jonas
Best TV Movie
"Regina v. Nelles" - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: George Jonas
- Christmas On Division Street - Columbia Pictures Television, Higher Ground Productions, Morrow-Heus Productions, Procter & Gamble Productions, The Guber-Peters Company, Western International Communications. Producers: Colleen Nystedt, Tony Allard
- Black Death - CTV Television Network, Libra Pictures, Saban Entertainment, Sunrise Films, Telefilm Canada. Producers: Steven Levitan, Lynn Raynor, Paul Saltzman, Edgar Scherick
- Rapture - Paragon Entertainment, Tristar Pictures. Producers: Richard Borchiver, Jon Slan
- School’s Out - Playing With Time, Inc. Producers: Kit Hood, Linda Schuyler
Best Comedy Program or Series
Donald Brittain Award for Best Documentary Program
Best Documentary Series
- The Valour and the Horror - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Film Board of Canada, Galafilm. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, André Lamy
- Brain Sex - Discovery Channel. Producers: Richard Price, Anne Moir, Pat Ferns
- - Biniman Productions, KCET, BBC, Global Television Network. Producers: Adrian Malone, Richard Meech, Nancy Button, Michael Grant
- My Partners My People - Canadian Television Network. Producers: Maria Campbell, Tom Radford, Andy Thompson
- The Price of Power - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Noah Erenberg
Best Dramatic Mini-Series
Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Best Variety Series
Best Variety Program
- Brian Orser: Night Moves - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sandra Bezic, Morgan Earl
- 6th Gemini Awards|1992 Gemini Awards - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Maria Topalovich, Joe Bodolai, Jon Nicholls, Peter Hayman, Sean Kiely
- Friday Night! with Ralph Benmergui - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ralph Benmergui, Joe Bodolai, Jon Nicholls, Peter Hayman
- Happy Birthday Canada! - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Darlene Harber, Annette Antoniak, Ken Gibson, Gordon James
- Howie - CBS, 3 Arts Entertainment. Producers: Peter Sussman, Morris Abraham, Michael Rotenberg, Sean Ryerson, Howie Mandel
Best Information Series
Best Light Information Series
Best Information Segment
- For the Love of the Game - TSN. Producer: Aiken Scherberger
- Venture - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ben Matilainen, Nora Pratt, R. Gamble, Steve Thomson
- Contact with Hana Gartner - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Bruce Griffen, Larry Zolf, Hana Gartner, Wes Blanchard, Michael Savoie
- LIFE: The Program - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Stephen Bourne, Lon Appleby, Danny Cook, Sheldon Beldick
- the fifth estate - Black and Blue - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Julian Sher, Jennifer Campbell, Dan Burke, Gerry Wagschal, Roger Leclerc
Best Animated Program or Series
The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas - Cambium Film & Video Productions, Delaney & Friends Cartoon Productions. Producers: Chris Delaney, Arnie Zipursky, Bruce Glawson
Best Youth Program or Series
Best Children’s Program or Series
Best Sports Program or Series
Best Special Event Coverage
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
Best Direction in an Information or Documentary Program or Series
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Best Writing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series
Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series
Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism
Best Reportage
Best Anchor or Interviewer
Best Host in a Light Information, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
Best Sportscaster
Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
Best Photography in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
- Vic Sarin, Michael Boland - (Biniman Productions/KCET/BBC/Global TV)
- John Grierson - A Promise Kept (Signboard Hill Productions)
- Bob Gibson - Flight of the Sky Hawks (Yaletown Productions)
- Steve Adamcryck - Man Alive (CBC)
- Damir I. Chytil - The Nahanni and Rebekah Dawn (CBC)
Best News Photography
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
Best Picture Editing in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
Best Production Design or Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series
- Dino Pigat, Gerry King, Brian Newby, Penny Hozy, Jim Hopkins - Conspiracy of Silence (CBC)
- Susan Hammond, Greg Chapman, Steve Gorman, David Appleby, Andy Malcolm - Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Devine Entertainment)
- Jacqueline Cristianini, Eric Batut, Paul A. Sharpe - Christmas On Division Street - Columbia Pictures Television/Higher Ground Productions/Morrow-Heus Productions/Procter & Gamble Productions/The Guber-Peters Company/Western International Communications)
- Terry Gordica, Kevin Howard, Steve Foster, Chaim Gilad, James Porteous - Forever Knight - Dark Night (Paragon Entertainment)
- Daniel Pellerin, Brian Newby, Jeremy Maclaverty - Grand Larceny (CBC)
Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
- Alison Clark, Terence McKeown, Dino Pigat - (Biniman Productions/KCET/BBC/Global TV)
- Keith Henderson - The Journal (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
- Debra Rurak, David Husby, Paul A. Sharpe - Women in the Shadows (NFB/Direction Films)
- William L. Campbell, Gael MacLean - Everest - Climb for Hope (Yaletown Productions)
Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series
Best Original Music Score for a Series
Special Awards
Peter Flemington, Rita Deverell - It's About Time
George R. Robertson
Barbara Frum
Barbara Hamilton